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I haven’t heard from anyone at the Wasserman Media Group, which represents Yu Darvish. But Joe Bahgat, the lawyer for T-shirt entrepreneur Eric Vaughan, called this afternoon to talk about the “Yu is My Homeboy” shirts. The shirt’s popularity gained the attention of Darvish’s management and earned it a cease and desist letter.

Bahgat said he’s been in negotiations with a lawyer from Wasserman, but there doesn’t seem to be much progress. The way Bahgat tells it, it sounds like a stand off right now.

Vaughan either wants Darvish’s people to leave him alone or to buy the shirt’s design. Bahgat said he think the later is the best option since Darvish’s representatives would have the resources to sell the shirts on a scale Vaughan never could.

Bahgat said the stance from Darvish’s attorney is that Vaughan should either hand over the design for free or cut the pitcher in on the shirt sales.

Handicapping this process, Bahgat said he’s skeptical that any kind of deal will be done. He said he thinks Wasserman will either drop the matter or file a lawsuit.

After researching the issue, Bahgat unsurprisingly said he doesn’t think that Darvish has a good case. The state of Texas doesn’t have a “right of publicity” law, but Darvish’s lawyer could argue a common law right of publicity, Bahgat said. Although he said he thinks Vaughan has the best case, Bahgat said he acknowledged that it could be a “close call” in court.

I’ll update this with comments from Darvish’s representatives when I hear from them.

Eric Vaughan, who created the popular shirt featuring Yu Darvish, which the Texas Rangers pitcher’s representation is trying to shut down, unveiled his “Nap is My Homeboy” shirts this week. The T-shirt features Mike Napoli – holding up a catcher’s mitt – in the style of the original “Jesus is My Homeboy” design that inspired the Darvish shirt.

The “Yu is My Homeboy” shirt gained a certain level of popularity leading up to the start of the season but took off when Napoli wore the shirt at the press conference after Darvish’s first start.

Soon after, Darvish’s representatives at the Wasserman Media Group sent a cease and desist letter saying the shirts and website violated the pitcher’s publicity rights. The letter demanded that Vaughan stop selling the shirts, provide Darvish with the profits and all the unsold shirts, reimburse him for lawyers’ fees and apologize.

Vaughan has hired a lawyer and is fighting. I’ve reached out to Vaughan’s and Darvish’s lawyers to see if there is anything new regarding the legal issues about the “Yu is My Homeboy” shirts.

Vaughan said he’s not too worried about Napoli coming after him. The catcher – a Rangers fan favorite – requested the Yu shirt from Vaughan and asked for a Nap shirt if those were ever made. Napoli also retweeted Vaughan’s @napismyhomeboy Twitter account last night.

The YuIsMyHomeboy.com website is still up, but you can no longer buy the shirts popularized in part by Texas Rangers catcher and fan favorite Mike Napoli. The Wasserman Media Group, which represents Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish, sent a cease-and-desist letter to shirt entrepreneur Eric Vaughan of Allen. Wasserman also sent a copy of the letter to Big Cartel, the online firm that handled the business of processing the orders.

Apparently, Big Cartel pulled the plug on sales of the shirts today.

Joe Bahgat, the attorney for Vaughan, who created these shirts as a side project, said last week that Big Cartel was giving him a chance to argue his client’s side of the case. It appears that wasn’t necessarily though.

Vaughan’s website no longer uses Big Cartel. He explained that Big Cartel essentially provided the shopping cart function on his website, but there are other options.

When I interviewed Vaughan previously, he was insistent that he wouldn’t give up easily like some previous T-shirt makers had.

I just spoke to Joe Bahgat, the attorney for Vaughan. Bahgat, who specializes in intellectual property issues, said he’s talking with attorneys for Darvish but didn’t want to get into specifics about those discussions.

Bahgat was willing to say he thinks the “Yu is My Homeboy” shirt will eventually be on sale again. “I just don’t know when or where or how much,” he said. “That still needs to be worked out.”

Bahgat also said Big Cartel has given Vaughan an opportunity to address issues in the cease-and-desist letter. He said he’s still trying to decide on a response.

And for those who think Bahgat’s name sounds familiar, that might be because he’s quoted in my previous story about the shirts. Then, I was quoting him as an independent expert. After the letter from Wasserman, Vaughan decided to hire Bahgat to represent him.

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If you’ve been waiting for some special occasion (birthday, Christmas, World Series victory) to buy a “Yu is My Homeboy” T-shirt, then you’ve maybe waited too long.

The YuIsMyHomeboy.com website is still up, but you can no longer buy the shirts popularized in part by Texas Rangers catcher and fan favorite Mike Napoli. The Wasserman Media Group, which represents Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish, sent a cease-and-desist letter to shirt entrepreneur Eric Vaughan of Allen. Wasserman also sent a copy of the letter to Big Cartel, the online firm that handled the business of processing the orders.

Apparently, Big Cartel pulled the plug on sales of the shirts today.

The website now says: “Orders are temporarily unvailable. We’ll be back soon!”

Vaughan said in a previous story he plans to fight Wasserman and keep selling the shirts. Lawyers I interviewed said this can be a gray area that can be tough to navigate, an analysis that Wasserman staff isn’t buying.